Anish Kapoor

Artists to wear in Dubai





Jewels signed by famous artists, from Picasso to Kapoor: are on display (and on sale) in Dubai ♦ ︎
That jewels are an artistic form, obviously when they are at the high level, it’s known. And the passion of many painters and sculptors for jewelry confirms this. If you go to Dubai, for example, from 19 March to 2 June 2018 you can visit the Custot Gallery, which has organized an exhibition entitled Art and Jewelry, curated by the collector Diane Venet. As you can imagine, the exhibition is dedicated to the jewels that have been made by internationally renowned artists, such as Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso and Niki de Saint Phalle, through Anish Kapoor, Marc Quinn, Ron Arad, or the Argentinean Pablo Reinoso, Iranian Monir Shahroudy and Lebanese Nadim Karam. Note: the 80 jewels on display are also for sale. The exhibition is an idea of ​​Stéphane Custot, who manages the gallery in the city of the Emirates.
The exhibition includes bracelets, necklaces, earrings, rings, that is, the entire spectrum of jewels. They are often pieces created by artists as a sign of love for wife companions. But not only: Alexander Calder, for example, during his life has made more than 1,800 jewels, all unique pieces. Federico Graglia




Anish Kapoor, Water Pendant, oro 22 carati lucido, smalto blu. Courtesy of Louisa Guinness Gallery. Photo Credit: Richard Valencia
Anish Kapoor, Water Pendant, oro 22 carati lucido, smalto blu. Courtesy of Louisa Guinness Gallery. Photo Credit: Richard Valencia

Collana in ottone di Alexander Calder. Foto Courtesy: Custot Gallery
Collana in ottone di Alexander Calder. Foto Courtesy: Custot Gallery
Anello Linea Indeterminata, in argento, di Bernar Venet. Foto Courtesy: Custot Gallery
Anello Linea Indeterminata, in argento, di Bernar Venet. Foto Courtesy: Custot Gallery
Niki de Saint Phalle, collana Assemblage, 1974- 2015. Foto Courtesy: Custot Gallery
Niki de Saint Phalle, collana Assemblage, 1974- 2015. Foto Courtesy: Custot Gallery

Pablo Reinoso, orecchini a forma di spaghetti. Foto Courtesy: Custot Gallery
Pablo Reinoso, orecchini a forma di spaghetti. Foto Courtesy: Custot Gallery







Glass-effect with Ron Arad

A gallery in London that is specializes in artist’s jewels: the Louisa Guinness Gallery. Space is the first dedicated exclusively to jewelery designed by names such as Anish Kapoor, Sophia Vari, Claude Lalanne and Mariko Mori, in addition to the last century masters such as Picasso, Calder, Man Ray and Fontana. For example, in case you are passing through London (or maybe you live there) know that until April 22 there are showcasing the jewels of Ron Arad. The exhibition is called Rocks! and just look at the collection of the artist, architect and designer to understand why. They are unique works or limited editions: necklaces, bracelets and earrings are made of silicon, laser sintered polyamide, quartz, gold and silver. They look like glass, but they are much simpler to handle or (maybe) to wear. Certainly not go unnoticed. Despite the appearance of the jewelry, silicon is soft and flexible to the touch: looks sharp glass, but instead it is not. Wear a necklace or bracelet has a strange effect and, above all, attracts attention (worried) of who encountered. But in the case, reassure them: the jewels are amazing, but absolutely harmless. Rudy Serra
Louisa Guinness Gallery
First floor, 45 Conduit Street W1S london 2yn
info@louisaguinnessgallery.com

Bracciale di Ron Arad
Bracciale di Ron Arad
Collane in siliconeCollane in silicone
Collane in siliconeCollane in silicone
Orecchini in silicone
Orecchini in silicone
Collana della collezione Rocks
Collana della collezione Rocks
Bracciale di Ron Arad
Bracciale di Ron Arad
Rocks bracelet
Rocks bracelet
Collana con pendenti di silicone
Collana con pendenti di silicone
Ron Arad
Ron Arad

Jewelry by Artists

[wzslider]A collection and an exhibition that has been around the world: Precious, it will arrive in Venice in February. After New York, Athens, Valencia, Miami, Seoul will also host in Italy the 200 works collected by Diane Venet and made by the best-known painters and sculptors from the second half of the twentieth century to the present. From Picasso to Kapoor, from Braque to Koons, from Stella to Hirst. The collection began with a thin stick of silver as a wedding ring of her husband, the sculptor Bernar Venet, has grown over time with other gifts like the brooch crumpled aluminum and painted by Chamberlain or on a specific request, for example to Stella and César or yet the result of the meeting with other collectors. Obviously there are Italians: Giacomo Balla and Gino Severini the great protagonists of Futurism, the sculptor Fausto Melotti, the exponent of the Transavanguardia Mimmo Paladino up to Lucio del Pezzo, Sandro Chia and Mimmo Rotella. Objects like a painting or a sculpture spring from a creative process, testify an artistic approach even more playful, and for this can not be measured in carats.

“Precious – from Picasso to Jeff Koons.” From 8 February to 12 April

VITRARIA Glass + A Museum

Palazzo Nani Mocenigo

Dorsoduro 960, Venice

Tel: 041 0988122

museum@VITRARIA.com